Skip to main content

Hello September

The first week of September is in the books. We had a mostly lazy week this week. We didn't really do anything other than water polo practice on Labor Day as Ammon and I were still feeling pretty ill. We laid around and watched Inside Out 2 together (which was very cute).

On Tuesday I had my ankle surgery. I was the first surgery of the day with a check in time of 6:30 am. Ammon got me all checked in at the U then rushed back to Bountiful to get our little darlings off to school. It was a very interesting experience. They used local anesthesia, but I told the doctor I was anxious enough that I would prefer to not be fully conscious. As soon as they got me my IV the anesthesiologist gave me a hit of something. It only took about 15 seconds for it to hit and suddenly I felt real good and relaxed. They wheeled me into a room where they gave me a nerve block. I got to watch the very long needle go in on the ultra sound. I really enjoy watching that sort of thing, but I got another hit of whatever it was they were giving me right before they stuck me with the needle so all my apprehension was gone and I got to enjoy the doctor coaching the resident as she administered the nerve block. It was delightful.

The pointy part on my ankle was what we were going after.

Shortly after getting the nerve block they wheeled me into the OR. I think it took them longer to get me prepped than it did to do the surgery. I realize that other surgeries have the patient awake when they are happening, but this was my first experience. I was in and out of consciousness for the 8 minute surgery. It was a strange experience. I really struggle to wake from general anesthesia, but this was no big deal. I also got to keep the hardware they pulled out! Makes my nerd heart so happy. Ammon got to come right back after I left the OR. That's when I learned that Azure and Cormac had been overcome by the cold that Ammon and I had been fighting and had stayed home from school.

For this surgery I am not allowed to put weight on my foot when I am out of my boot, but otherwise can walk. From my research on plantar fascia ruptures I should be in a boot either way, so I'm glad I get to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

The kids and I laid around a lot this week. I slept a ton. Poor Ammon had to work. Lucette managed to go to school every day and so far hasn't succumbed and we are hoping she survives the illness unscathed. Cormac was so bummed to miss his first cello lesson, but played beautifully for us anyway.

I think we are all on the mend, though we are tired and still not completely normal. Lucette got to have her first horse riding lesson this last Friday. It was a very happy day for our girl. Her only regret is that she only gets 1 hour once a week. She would go every day if she could.


Saturday water polo games began. Cormac was feeling well enough to play. The first game started off a bit rough, but they eventually got it together a bit more. They still lost, but they stopped the bleeding. Our boy scored one of the 4 goals. Unfortunately, Azure was still not feeling well enough for water polo. It is such a demanding sport that you really have to feel healthy to play. Cormac is #11 in the pictures below.




Later that day we got to go to the Piano Guys concert. It was very funny and enjoyable with excellent music. The kids really enjoyed the show. They are pretty silly guys and they put on an great show.





We are hoping to continue improving and are gearing up for a busy week. The kids have a lot going on this week, so here's hoping we continue to get healthier as the week goes on.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy 15th, Cormac

 My kids are fairly disgusted with me and the fact that I've missed a few weeks of blogging. It has been a very busy few weeks for us with lots going on. So I'll do my best to chronicle the comings and goings of these kids. On October 4th Cormac ran in the State Cross Country meet. He did really well. He placed 26th overall and his team took 3rd place. We are really proud of Cormac and all his hard work. The very next day Cormac had a double header for water polo. Azure also had a game. In the first game Cormac got put in goal for a while. He doesn't love playing goal, but as long as he is in the pool I don't think he minds too much what position he is playing. They lost their first game, but won the second. Azure's team lost, but they played well. Because we are water polo obsessed and 3 games in one day was not enough, and mostly because Cormac begged for a ride, we went and watched the High School boys state game. It was an awesome game. I snagged this picture of...
4 comments
Read more

Murdered by Pirates is Good

 I sincerely hope that this morning was our last early morning. It will all depend on what time our flights back home leave, but as far as touristing goes, we should have had our last early morning. We rose early in order to head to the dock. We had booked ourselves a boat tour that would take us along the coast so we could see the various caves that are plentiful in the Algarve. This is such a beautiful place. We donned our life jackets then went with the group to get on the boat. It was an interesting boat. Most of the seats you straddled like you would if sitting in a saddle. Since we were a group of 5 we had one of the only 2 rows. It was a tight squeeze and unfortunately we were in the back of all the others so the view was always full of people and their phones. Lucette was particularly sad that she didn't get to "ride a horse." We headed out of the port to the ocean. The towns along the ocean are all very picturesque. We even got to see a private castle. Our guide ...
4 comments
Read more

This Random Island

Cormac says that I always threaten with, “That’s going on the blog.” Which is true. When the kids are being obnoxious during pictures I will tell them I’m putting it on the blog.  Today we should have been in Boston, but due to Flight Fiasco 2024 TM we ended up on Madeira. Prior to this week we had never heard of Madeira. The other consequence of the aforementioned Fiasco TM was that we had a 6:00 am flight which meant we needed to get up at 3:00 am to make the flight in time. For the past 2 months Ammon and I frequently go to bed around 2:30 am. Trying to get myself to sleep early proved to be impossible. Especially when I felt a fair bit of worry about sleeping in and missing the flight. I ended up pulling an all-nighter, but we definitely did not miss our flight.  The kids popped out of bed pretty easily all things considered. We got packed up quickly and headed down our 5 flights of stairs trying very hard to be quiet. Our Uber was already waiting for us. The flight was ...
3 comments
Read more